Ribbon drier for lingerie



Sept. 23 192 8.

. 1,509,198 M. G. ELLINWOOD RIBBON DRIER FOR LINGERIE Filed Dec- 28 1923INVENTOR M ii. lflzwm; W I BY J was/awn.

ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 23, 1924.

MILDRED G. ELLINWOOID, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

RIBBON DRIER FOR LINGERIE.

Application filed December 28, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, MILDRED Gr. ELLIN- WOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of J ackson and State ofMissouri, have invented a.

new and useful Ribbon Drier for Lingerie, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to ribbon driers for lingerie, and the object ofthe invention is to provide a ribbon drier for lingerie upon which moistor wet lingerie straps may be stretched to dry perfectly smooth, thusobviating the use of the conventional sad-iron for pressing the same. Ip

I attain these objects and other advantages by means of the combinationof parts and the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view of ribbon drier embodying my invention;Figure 2 is a front elevation of the ribbon drier in operative position;Figure is a side elevation of the drier; Figure 4k is a plan view of theclamping device for holding the ribbon in place on the drier, a sectionof the fabric showing in the clamp and Figure 5 is a cross section ofthe drier, on the line 55 in Figure 2. i

Similar numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring tothe drawings-the numeral 1 indicates a ribbon drierconstructed in accordance with my invention. The device is made of anysuitable flexible material having resilient properties to react to astraight position when bent or bowed. The ribbon drier consists of asuitable strip 2, of the material described and of a length adapted forbeing flexed or bowed to describe substantially the contour of the upperpart of the shoulder, so as to receive thereon the conventional strapsand loops belonging to lingerie. The flexible strip is shown with itsside margins cut away from the ends of the strip to the middle thereoffor the purpose of holding the ribbons 8, stretched on the strip andattached to lingerie a, in place, by a clamping member 5, which isslidably mounted on the strip and adapted to slide thereon toward theends thereof with increasing friction on the edges of the strip. Theclamping member, in this instance, is a severed band having a yieldingportion 6,

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which may be pulled outwardly to afford opportunity for the entry of theribbon to the strip, the yielding of the portion 6, being shown bydotted line in Figure 4.

When lingerie is laundered and it is desired that the ribbon straps orloops thereon shall dry smooth to obviate the use of the sad-iron, thelingerie is rinsed in the usual manner and the ribbon straps thenstretched upon the bowed flexible strip and entered into the clampingmembers 5,and the clamping members moved toward the ends of the stripuntil the frictional engagement of the clamps with the edges of thestrip will assure the holding of the ribbons in place while drying. Thereaction of the bowed strip to assume its normal straight positioneffects a stretching of the ribbons, so that they will dry smooth. Thedevice supporting the pair of ribbon straps is then hung upon a rod 7,or a peg 8, or upon any other suitable supporting medium. When theribbon is dry the same is removed from the clamps by pulling back theportion 6, and taking out the ribbons.

The method described of drying straps and loops of lingerie saves timeand measurably prolongs the usefulness of the fabric. The driermay beused in any environment where pressing means are not available.

Having described my invention what I claim is A ribbon drier forlingerie, consisting of a strip of flexible resilient material havingits sides formed tapering from the ends of the strip to the middlethereof, and a plurality of binding members slidably mounted on saidstrip and adapted to move longitudinally thereof in outward directionwith increasing friction and to move inwardly with decreasing friction,said binding members comprising severed bands adapted for receiving saidstrip and ribbon thereon and having yielding portions adapted forpressing normally on the ribbon to hold the latter in place on thestrip.

Dated Kansas City, Missouri, December 24,, 1923.

MILDRED G. ELLINWOOD.

Witnesses:

. JOHN G. S'rnARNs, M. C. GILLHAM.

